Imprinting And Early Learning
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
What happens in the first fleeting moments of an animal's life that binds it, sometimes irrevocably, to the world around it? Imprinting and Early Learning by W. Sluckin, Professor of Psychology at the University of Leicester, chronicles one of the most fascinating phenomena in behavioural science — the process by which young animals, particularly birds, form rapid and lasting attachments to the first moving object they encounter, be it a mother, a surrogate, or even a human handler. Grounded in rigorous experimental research, the book presents a comprehensive survey of the mechanisms, critical periods, and biological significance of imprinting, drawing on decades of ethological and psychological study to build a clear and authoritative account of early developmental learning. Sluckin writes with the precision of a scientist and the clarity of an exceptional educator, making complex neurological and behavioural concepts accessible without sacrificing academic rigour. The book situates imprinting within the broader landscape of learning theory, examining how these early experiences shape behaviour across a lifetime and what they reveal about the fundamental architecture of the animal mind. For anyone captivated by the intersection of biology, psychology, and the mysteries of development, this work raises a quietly unsettling question: if the earliest moments of life determine so much in animals, what might they determine in us?
Author: W. Sluckin
Format: Hardback
Genre: Psychology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
What happens in the first fleeting moments of an animal's life that binds it, sometimes irrevocably, to the world around it? Imprinting and Early Learning by W. Sluckin, Professor of Psychology at the University of Leicester, chronicles one of the most fascinating phenomena in behavioural science — the process by which young animals, particularly birds, form rapid and lasting attachments to the first moving object they encounter, be it a mother, a surrogate, or even a human handler. Grounded in rigorous experimental research, the book presents a comprehensive survey of the mechanisms, critical periods, and biological significance of imprinting, drawing on decades of ethological and psychological study to build a clear and authoritative account of early developmental learning. Sluckin writes with the precision of a scientist and the clarity of an exceptional educator, making complex neurological and behavioural concepts accessible without sacrificing academic rigour. The book situates imprinting within the broader landscape of learning theory, examining how these early experiences shape behaviour across a lifetime and what they reveal about the fundamental architecture of the animal mind. For anyone captivated by the intersection of biology, psychology, and the mysteries of development, this work raises a quietly unsettling question: if the earliest moments of life determine so much in animals, what might they determine in us?